Spitzer Must Be Doing Something Right

The corporate crooks who own this city and the neo-liberal functionaries in the press that shill for them are out for Eliot Spitzer this morning, with all three major daily newspapers attacking Spitzer with all their guns a blazin'.

The Daily News sends out Mike Lupica, Denis Hamill, Bill Hammond, and the editorial staff writer to shoot him down.

The Post puts out the hit on Spitzer with Andrea Peyser, Bob McManus, and the editorial staff writer as well.

Not to be outdone, the NY Times sends out Frank "I Loved 'Won't Back Down'" Bruni, Michael Powell, and the editorial staff writer to shiv Spitzer.

As I posted last night, UFT: A Union Of Retirees President Michael Mulgrew has threatened to personally take out campaign ads against Spitzer himself.

And Kathryn Wilde, head of the corporate criminal lobbying group New York City Partnership, attacked Spitzer in the Times.

Given how much of a reaction Spitzer's announcement to run for comptroller generated from the neo-liberal ruling class and their functionaries in the media, I'm starting to think Eliot Spitzer back with political power is just what we need in this city.

Anybody who upsets Kathryn Wilde, Michael Mulgrew, and the Post, Daily News and Times editorial staff/neo-liberal columnist brigade must be doing something right.

Given the chaotic roll-out of his campaign that makes Weiner's rollout look masterful, they probably have nothing to worry about.

It doesn't look like he's organized enough to get enough signatures to get on the ballot by Thursday's deadline.

But it will be interesting to see what happens if he does.

John Liu scares the neo-liberal ruling class and their functionaries in the media a little bit, which is why they destroyed him with the campaign finance fraud scandal.

But Liu doesn't come close to scaring the corporate criminals, political establishment and media functionaries the way Spitzer does.

Taking a look at the panic Spitzer's announced candidacy is generating in the corridors of power today, I'm starting to think my own initial negative reaction to Spitzer's announcement was a touch misguided.

Anybody who puts this kind of fear into the elite can't be all bad.